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get around

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. break, get out, get aroundverb

    be released or become known; of news

    "News of her death broke in the morning"

  2. bypass, short-circuit, go around, get aroundverb

    avoid something unpleasant or laborious

    "You cannot bypass these rules!"

  3. swing, get aroundverb

    be a social swinger; socialize a lot

  4. get around, get aboutverb

    move around; move from place to place

    "How does she get around without a car?"

Wiktionary

  1. get aroundverb

    To move to the other side of an obstruction.

  2. get aroundverb

    To come around something.

  3. get aroundverb

    To avoid or bypass an obstacle.

  4. get aroundverb

    To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore.

  5. get aroundverb

    To transport oneself from place to place.

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  1. get around

    To 'get around' generally refers to the ability or act of moving or travelling from one place to another. It can also mean finding a way to deal with, overcome or bypass an obstacle or difficulty. Furthermore, it can also convey social interaction, as in visiting or interacting with different people or places.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of get around in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of get around in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of get around in a Sentence

  1. Julia Pollak:

    You can have a company that is very openly, publicly committed to pay transparency, but if they really want a candidate who requires more to take the job than they initially offer, they can find ways to make that posted salary range still hold, companies can find all kinds of creative ways to get around these requirements.

  2. John West:

    If you surround yourself with capable people with different strengths and weaknesses, you can get around any obstacle.

  3. George Koob:

    There are ways to get around these interlock systems, but newer devices are more effective.

  4. Deborah Moore:

    He actually turned down a lot of work because of his UNICEF commitments, he even used to get a little bit annoyed when he went on talk shows and found it hard to get around to talking about the charity. He ’d always come away and say, ‘ Oh I wish I ’d had more time to talk about UNICEF. ’.

  5. Charles Krauthammer:

    His facts are wrong. Staples has said that the policy in place was instituted a decade ago, so it was not instituted as a way to get around Obamacare, but he makes it sound as if getting around a law, meaning responding to the incentives that are written into the law, is somehow unsavory. And he talks about that, it's the same way he talks about everything that's private enterprise.


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